The Search: Adrien AUG-reste 2020 (Day 2: Ice Cream)
Adrien parked along the sidewalk and walked into Andre’s Glacier. He sighed and put on a warm smile as he walked up to Andre.
“Bonjour, Andre.” Adrien smiled at him and waited for him to say something magical to make him feel better.
“Bonjour, Adrien. I haven’t seen Marinette, but my ice cream always brings two people together. Your usual?” Andre warmly smiled for him as he began to scoop ice cream into an edible swirled cone glass. “Strawberry for her rose hued cheeks, blackberries for her hair, blueberry just like her sky-blue stare.”
Adrien smiled as he took it. He reached in his back pocket to pay him and Andre stopped him. “On the house.”
“Thank you, Andre.” Adrien relaxed and walked over to sit at a table near the window. He picked up his spoon and hoped that he would see her. That Marinette would walk past the window and he would see her warm smile. A smile that he craved to see. He always saw it on mother’s faces as they walked up to their children, but it was never for him.
Adrien sighed and poked his ice cream with his clear neon green spoon. He took a bite and let the sweet strawberry ice cream melt on his tongue. Each time the door opened he hoped it was her, but it never was. No one had told him where she had gone. He suspected that Nino and Alya really knew, but that they were hiding the truth from him. He felt like they didn’t want him to know. That it was some secret that had to be kept from him and he didn’t understand why.
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